The Courier Mail says Queensland’s top prosecutor, Michael Byrne, QC, has been personally working on an appeal to the High Court, and that he has now informed the Queensland Government that he would be ready to file the application when the court returns from its end of year break on January 4.

Although the decision to lodge an application is a significant one, the High Court does not have to hear the case.

To have a case heard in the court you have to apply for leave to appeal. The judges then decide which cases they are going to hear. There is no further appeal option if the court decides not to hear an application.

The #doingitforAllison campaign sprung up in the wake of the Court of Appeal’s decision.

In the 2014-15 financial year the High Court heard only a small fraction of the applications that were presented. There were 428 applications for leave, but just 60 of them or 14 per cent were granted.

Still, Allison’s family and friends want to see the Court of Appeal decision challenged.

They say Baden-Clay deliberately killed his wife and deserves to be convicted of murder.